Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Reuben Aldrich

PUFFER, Reuben Aldrich[1, 2]

Male 1851 - 1915  (63 years)

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  • Name PUFFER, Reuben Aldrich 
    Birth 11 Sep 1851  South Ashburnham, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
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    Residence 1900  Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 16 May 1915  Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: from the effects of an automobile accident 
    Burial Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Address:
    Hope Cemetery 
    Person ID I20855  Puffers
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2021 

    Father PUFFER, Reuben,   b. 14 Aug 1810, Ashby, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1898, Chicago, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Mother ALDRICH, Esther,   b. 1 Aug 1825, Richmond, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1883, Ashburnham, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 2 Jun 1849  [5, 6
    Family ID F5128  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 EATON, Ellenette,   b. 31 Oct 1857, Westminster, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1880, Gardner, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years) 
    Marriage 28 Sep 1876  Gardner, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Grace Lillie Frances,   b. 31 Aug 1877, Ashburnham, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1881, Westminster, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
    Family ID F7645  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 SHEPARD, Sarah Eliza Ellen,   b. 21 Mar 1863, Farmington, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1947, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 1 Nov 1881  Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Maude Ellen,   b. 31 Aug 1885, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1952, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     2. PUFFER, Ruth Aileen,   b. 10 Dec 1892, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1964, Pinellas County, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F7644  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

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  • Notes 
    • Educated in the public schools of Ashburnham. He learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, in the employ of his father. He followed his trade in his native town. For three years he was in Fitchburg; he was employed in a chair factory in Gardner and for several years was in charge of the Somerville Desk Co. He was employed in woodworking concerns in Worcester for many years and resided at 18 Franconia St. When a young man he served in Co. E., 10th Regt. M.V.M. of Ashburnham. He died from the affects of an automobile accident. He was thrown from his machine while driving in Fitchburg and was taken to the Fitchburg Hospital, where he died 10 days later. He is interred in Hope Cemetery, Worcester.

      The Gibson genealogy incorrectly states his parentage. He is correctly listed here.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 136, 204.

    2. [S849] John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts: And His Descendants, 1634-1899, Volume 1, page 272.

    3. [S147] Cemetery Records, Cemetery confirmed location.

    4. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 204.

    5. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 135.

    6. [S849] John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts: And His Descendants, 1634-1899, Volume 1, page 270.

    7. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 205.

    8. [S541] Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915.

    9. [S466] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.